Machine for turning manure piles



Oct. 13, 1931. J. GlLETTl I MACHINE FOR TURNING MANURE FILES Filed Nov. 5. 1929 INVENTOR am A ORNEY tionalrear view of the 1nacliine.- v

The body of the machine consists of- ASHit-ff able frame 5 for supporting the various parts..- and suitably mounted on the wheelsffi, so that it may traverseits way through the pile:

or other material, such as'indi- 7 I a r prt10ns-ofth apparatusso that the sagm 1 Patented 03a. 13, 19311 JOHN 'GILETII;

MACHINE Application filed Nov ember 5, 1$LZ9.."Seria1 No. 404,892., r,

The objects of this invention are to provide a machine for turningpiles of manure, or the like, which will automatically advanceits waythrough the "pile of materiahrevers-i 5 ing and re-p'iling the material as it goes, andwhich machine will be entirely practical and.

efficient for the purposes intended.

These and other desirable'obje'cts areat y tained in the construction'l herein disclosed and embodying a simple commercial form of thelnvention. V

. Fig. 1 isa broken cross-sectionalview of the'machine as in action advancing its way taken as on substantially the plane ofline 1.1 'of Fig; 2; Fig. Qxis-a broken of manure I cated at 7.

- 1 The materialis lifted and turned over by: e I g tepropel't e machin io it ir veno s-peri 1 75 I .tions plfzjhmapparatusj Without@;operating' sets of tines or forks 8 c'arried on a travelling carrier shown inthe form" of a r'foll'or box 9,- substantially square n cross-section and; mounted on a shaft 10 suitably 3ournalled 1n the frame and operated by suitable power, for

- 39 example, an internal combustion engine, such as indicatedat 11 and connected by suitable? gearing 12 atone end of the shaft. The forl:-:

ing members 8 are shown as disposed at thecorners of the box-like support, so that each set will bite into the forward edge of the pile and pick up a load,-whichin the upward) e 4 I I I directingijthewjet ,inaterial toward the ends rotation of the forks will dropback against the face'of the roll, substantially as indicated at 7a in Fig. 1. These tines howeve'r, may,

'may beprovided and a'scraper or levelingn be disposedlspirally or otherwise, arranged.

Y To break up the material lifted by the tines,

V a breaker roll is provided, such as shown at H 13, the same having blades or fingers 14" passing between the lifting tines and rotating j inthesame direction, so as to. pick up the i load, break it up" and deposit itrearwardly into a downwardly and rearwardlyinclined dischargechute '15. J In order that tliis'break-.

er roll will lift thematerial high enoughfto 1, properly; stack: it at the-rear this roll. is

through apile of materiaL-this view being-v shownrcarriediby a; at a higher level than the: tine roll.: .The breaker material from the. tines; a,

.A'combsuch as indicated atl8 maybeprofl j ;videdi1i-the;th roat oftlreidischarge chute forkinol 1T stripping thesmateri'alfrom, 'theglifting-roll and :a'notl 1ei' comb. is [indicated zit-1am :the

rear oftheforking'roll forfstripping any re p imaining. material;frQm-"thejtines, both; these combs 7 beinginjclined downwardly aiijd rear-fees? part sec-1. ,wardly ito; direct the: material; backturned portion}? Z of the stack;

to the ;T he -machine;is propelled i-nz suit'ablea ion, in: the: present, disclosure by belt. drives from the" main shaft jlQ to the forward" i 70 mo ntingwheeljsfit Suitab ec1 t l -may e :interposed'inzthel r vegear ngte the various other parts-g rl 4 1-;z Toireverse the dry. parts-.atithe edges of the stack and-:the wetter portions toward lthe cen-,

'ter of the; stackf sp'ecial means are,provided;?1-s 0 edgematerial towardthecenter of the ma-1585 chine and reverse inclinedwwebs orj ribs 22 for of'the machine. To confine the material at the ends of "the machine, stack gaging. plates 23 device24 may be c'arried'by the chute for evening off the top ofthe turned-stack. The various parts may be suitably encased b meanso'fsuitable cowling, such'as that indicated at 25 extendingoverthe top of the lift-3e v.

ing roll. i To keep 7 material, suitable spray devices may be provided, such as the spray pipes indicated at" 26 and:27, located forwardly and to the rears down .dust and aidinlaying the i i of the discharge chute and independently controlled as by means of separate valves 28, 29. This spray system may be connected by flexible hose 30 with any available water supply.

In operation, the machine picks up the ork loads of material, breaks these up and redeposits them in: aturnedstack, automatically as it digs its way along through the stack. In this operation, the drier edge portions and the wetter central portions of the material are inter-changed in the re -formed stack, and

if desired, the newly formed stack is wetted as much as required to properly condition the same.

What is claimed 1s: 1. A machine for turn ng-manure or the like, comprising forking devices for lifting the-material,means for advancing said forking devices to the pile of material,means for re-depositin'g the'material lifted by the forking devices in back of said forking devices as theimachine advances through tlieipile of material and controllable means for variously wetting the "re-deposited stack material.

2. A machine forturning manure or the l1ke,compr1s1ng for-king dev ces for lifting the material, means for advancing said forking devices to the pile of material, means for re-clepositingthe material liftedby the forking devices in back of said forking devices as the machine advances through the pile of and means on said breaker roll for lifting the 'material from the forking: means to the material, a stacking chute and a breaker roll top of said stackingchute;

.8; A machine for turning andrestacking a pile of material comprising aportahle carr-iage, power mechanism foeadva ncing the same the length ofa pil'eof material forking devices exposed at the front ofthe machine for entering and lifting the material as the machine is advanced into the pile, restacking guides positioned to take the material elevated-by the for-king devices and to return the same bjaclfi into stacked formation in rear of the forking device asthe machine advances through the pile of material and a breaker provided with means for lifting thematerial from the forking devices to the top of the restacking guides,

In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature.

JOHN GILETTI. 

